11 translations · Greek
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
- KJV King James Version
- For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the word of the Cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us—those being saved—it is the power of God,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but it's the power of God to those of us who are saved.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us — those being saved — it is the power of God,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | Ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λόγος | logos | message | G3056 λόγος word |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σταυροῦ | staurou | cross | G4716 σταυρός cross |
| τοῖς | tois | to those who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μὲν | men | — | G3303 μέν on the other hand |
| ἀπολλυμένοις | apollymenois | are perishing | G622 ἀπολλύω to destroy |
| μωρία | mōria | foolishness | G3472 μωρία foolishness |
| ἐστίν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| τοῖς | tois | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| σῳζομένοις | sōzomenois | are being saved | G4982 σῴζω to save |
| ἡμῖν | hēmin | to us who | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| δύναμις | dynamis | [the] power | G1411 δύναμις power |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἐστιν | estin | it is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23–25
but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying;
- 1 Corinthians 1:21
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
- 2 Corinthians 2:15–16
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish; to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5
and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
- Acts 13:41
‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.
18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Read all of 1 Corinthians 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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